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Iceberg, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

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What is Happening to Antarctica's Ice Sheets

While parts of Antarctica get icier, others are on the verge of collapse

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Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America

Coywolves are not 'shy wolves'—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions

Russia's Anna Sidorova plays during the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship.

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The World of Competitive Curling Has Its Very Own Scandal

Is new technology too dominant for the Olympic sport?

Detail from the cover of the 1948 Green Book, a guidebook for black travelers.

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A Black American's Guide to Travel In the Jim Crow Era

For decades, <i>The Green Book </i> was the black traveler's lifeline

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How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo

Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence

Singing sand dunes in the Gobi Desert

New Research

Why the Sands of Many Dunes Sing, Boom, and Even Burp

Contrary to Marco Polo's tales, it's not because they're full of mysterious spirits

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This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks

The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball

A woman herds cattle on horseback at Dumbell Ranch in Wyoming

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The Modern Cost of Cattle Rustling

Why the Old West crime is still a multimillion-dollar problem

Pliobates cataloniae, a newly discovered ancient ape

New Research

Tiny Ancient Skeleton Redefines the Split Between Monkeys and Apes

The last common ancestor of all apes may have been smaller than previously thought

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NASA is Helping Study These Massive Earthworks from Space

Could satellite photographs decipher the meaning behind Kazakhstan's mysterious geometric designs?

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Pink Gumdrops Are Solving a Sticky Crisis in London

The receptacles are part of the world's first chewing gum recycling program

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Wyoming Has a Crack Problem (And It’s Not What You Think)

A mysterious tear in the ground is the state's new social media star and a testament to the fast fury of Mother Nature

In July, the Caribbean had about 12,300 square miles of sargassum floating around—enough to blanket Maryland.

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Mexico’s Navy is Battling Seaweed Along the Caribbean Coast

Mountains of seaweed are blanketing beaches around the Caribbean Sea and the government is calling everyone to arms

Russian scientists are training rhesus monkeys like these for a mission to Mars in 2017.

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Russia Wants to Send Monkeys to Mars and Women to the Moon

The Russian space agency has announced plans for space missions through 2029

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African Vultures Could Go Extinct Within the Next Century

Poachers, poison and collisions with wind turbines are killing these important scavengers

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Candy Corn Hasn't Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

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Why Do Witch Hunts Still Happen?

Across the globe, witchcraft fears still lead to torture and murder

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People Who Believe in Ghosts Are More Fearful Overall

New research finds a link between paranormal beliefs and fears of things like natural disasters

An expert at work on a painting at the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure

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Inside the Italian Art Hospital That Rescues Old Paintings

A catastrophic flood gave this Florence workshop a new mission

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The Mind-Blowing 'Rain Room' Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don't get wet

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